Russia 1727-KD 5 kopeks KM-179

Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale, lot 75265

This specimen was lot 75265 in Stack's Bowers Collector's Choice sale (Costa Mesa, CA, February 2022), where it sold for $144. The catalog description^[1] noted, "RUSSIA. 5 Kopeks, 1727-KA. Moscow Mint. Catherine I. NGC VF-30. A wholesome and problem-free circulated example of the type, well centered, with an almost charcoal toned patina in the fields." This one year type, struck at the Red Mint (Krasny Dvor) is scarce. It also comes with mintmark MД (naval mint, KM 165).

Recorded mintage: unknown but scarce.

Specification: copper.

Catalog reference: KM-179; Bit-291.

Source:

• ^[1]Orsini, Matt, Kyle Ponterio and Jeremy Bostwick, The February 2022 World Collectors Choice Online Auction - Ancients & World Coins, Featuring Selections from the Kings Norton Mint Collection, Costa Mesa, CA: Stack's Bowers LLC, 2022.
• Michael, Thomas, Standard Catalog of World Coins, 1701-1800, 7th ed., Iola, WI: Krause Publications, 2016.
• Bitkin, Vladimir, Composite Catalogue of Russian Coins, Part I (1699-1740), Kiev: Moneta, 2003.
• Brekke, B. F., The Copper Coinage of Imperial Russia, 1700-1917, New York, Galerie des Monnaies, 1977, with 1987 supplement.
• Harris, Robert P., Guidebook of Russian Coins, 1725 to 1970, Santa Cruz, CA: Bonanza Press, 1971.

Link to:

• 1726-MД 5 kopeks, Naval Mint
• 1727 poltina, Catherine I, Red Mint
• 1727-СПБ poltina, Catherine I
• 1727-СПБ poltina, Peter II
• 1727 ruble, Catherine I, Moscow mint
• 1727-СПБ ruble, Catherine I
• 1727-СПБ "crow's tail" ruble, Catherine I
• 1727-СПБ ruble, Peter II
• 1727 2 rubles, Peter II
• 1755-CПБ 5 kopeks, silver, large size
• Coins and currency dated 1727